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Opinion | With Trump, Taliban Gets A Familiar Face In Washington
While Trump's gaze is not expected to land in this part of geography anytime soon-including on Bagram-his presidency will be a test for the Taliban's political and diplomatic acumen.
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Joe Biden Admin May Compel Civilian Airlines To Carry Afghan Evacuees
The official said the civilian aircraft would not fly into Afghanistan, but would instead ferry evacuees from air bases in locations including the Middle East and Germany.
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US Says A Dozen Countries To Let Kabul Evacuation Flights Transit
The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.
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US Launches New Air Attacks Against Taliban
US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.
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Embassy, Mosque Attacks Fuel Fears ISIS Bringing Iraq War To Afghanistan
Attacks on the Iraqi embassy and a Shi'ite mosque in Afghanistan have reinforced fears that ISIS terrorists are seeking to bring the group's Middle East conflict to Central Asia, though evidence of fighters relocating from Iraq and Syria remains elusive
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Defence Minister to Raise Cross Border Terrorism by Pak With US Counterpart
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to do some 'plain talking' on cross border terrorism by Pakistan and articulate India's stand on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East during a crucial meeting with his American counterpart Ashton Carter this week.
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The Islamic State is Making These Afghans Long for the Taliban
At war for more than three decades, Afghans are familiar with violence perpetrated by a raft of armies and militias. But even by their jaded standards, the emergence here of the Islamic State - the extremist organization that arose in the Middle East - has ushered in a new age of brutality.
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Barack Obama Praises 'Fallen Heroes,' Touts End of Mideast Wars
US President Barack Obama paid a Memorial Day tribute to America's "fallen heroes" Monday, stressing the heavy burden of perennial wars and underscoring his decision to pull troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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2 California Men Charged With Seeking to Help Islamic State
Two Southern California men were charged on Friday with conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State, US prosecutors said, a day after one of the men was arrested at the Los Angeles airport.
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NATO Ministers Chart Course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
NATO Foreign Ministers met in Brussels today aiming to plot a new course after a "year of aggression" from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance's combat mission in Afghanistan.
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Obama Calls for Dismantling Islamic State's 'Network of Death'
Declaring the world at a "crossroads between war and peace," President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle the Islamic State militant group's "network of death" that has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and drawn the U.S. back into military action in the region.
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UAE Calls for 'Unified Effort' Against Militancy in Region
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East, has called for a "unified effort" to root out radical militancy in regional hotspots including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Afghanistan.
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At Osama bin Laden's son-in-law's trial, British shoe-bomber testifies
A British man testifying in the terror trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law said Tuesday he flew on planes over the Middle East and Europe with explosives in a shoe after the September 11 attacks but didn't detonate them because he was saving the bomb for an attack over America.
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Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East.
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US extends closure of Mideast missions over Al Qaeda's threat
US missions across the Middle East and Africa will be closed through August 10 after US spies found what lawmakers fear is the most serious threat of an Al Qaeda attack in years.
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Opinion | With Trump, Taliban Gets A Familiar Face In Washington
While Trump's gaze is not expected to land in this part of geography anytime soon-including on Bagram-his presidency will be a test for the Taliban's political and diplomatic acumen.
-
Joe Biden Admin May Compel Civilian Airlines To Carry Afghan Evacuees
The official said the civilian aircraft would not fly into Afghanistan, but would instead ferry evacuees from air bases in locations including the Middle East and Germany.
-
US Says A Dozen Countries To Let Kabul Evacuation Flights Transit
The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.
-
US Launches New Air Attacks Against Taliban
US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.
-
Embassy, Mosque Attacks Fuel Fears ISIS Bringing Iraq War To Afghanistan
Attacks on the Iraqi embassy and a Shi'ite mosque in Afghanistan have reinforced fears that ISIS terrorists are seeking to bring the group's Middle East conflict to Central Asia, though evidence of fighters relocating from Iraq and Syria remains elusive
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Defence Minister to Raise Cross Border Terrorism by Pak With US Counterpart
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to do some 'plain talking' on cross border terrorism by Pakistan and articulate India's stand on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East during a crucial meeting with his American counterpart Ashton Carter this week.
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The Islamic State is Making These Afghans Long for the Taliban
At war for more than three decades, Afghans are familiar with violence perpetrated by a raft of armies and militias. But even by their jaded standards, the emergence here of the Islamic State - the extremist organization that arose in the Middle East - has ushered in a new age of brutality.
-
Barack Obama Praises 'Fallen Heroes,' Touts End of Mideast Wars
US President Barack Obama paid a Memorial Day tribute to America's "fallen heroes" Monday, stressing the heavy burden of perennial wars and underscoring his decision to pull troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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2 California Men Charged With Seeking to Help Islamic State
Two Southern California men were charged on Friday with conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State, US prosecutors said, a day after one of the men was arrested at the Los Angeles airport.
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NATO Ministers Chart Course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
NATO Foreign Ministers met in Brussels today aiming to plot a new course after a "year of aggression" from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance's combat mission in Afghanistan.
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Obama Calls for Dismantling Islamic State's 'Network of Death'
Declaring the world at a "crossroads between war and peace," President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle the Islamic State militant group's "network of death" that has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and drawn the U.S. back into military action in the region.
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UAE Calls for 'Unified Effort' Against Militancy in Region
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East, has called for a "unified effort" to root out radical militancy in regional hotspots including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Afghanistan.
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At Osama bin Laden's son-in-law's trial, British shoe-bomber testifies
A British man testifying in the terror trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law said Tuesday he flew on planes over the Middle East and Europe with explosives in a shoe after the September 11 attacks but didn't detonate them because he was saving the bomb for an attack over America.
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Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East.
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US extends closure of Mideast missions over Al Qaeda's threat
US missions across the Middle East and Africa will be closed through August 10 after US spies found what lawmakers fear is the most serious threat of an Al Qaeda attack in years.
